Tag: Sympathy

Jesus and the Disciples Perhaps you will find this odd, but, one of my favorite stories about Jesus is found in Matthew 15, where, responding to Peter’s request for an explanation of a parable, Jesus says: “Are you still so dull?” It makes me laugh every time I read it. There are more passages that describe the disciples’ cluelessness—including two in which Jesus again confronts the disciples about their lack of understanding. And there are other people who also don’t understand Jesus at times, including Jesus’ parents, Nicodemus, and the crowd. But none of those passages use the Greek word translated in the New International Version as “dull.”… Read the whole post